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Physical Therapy Assistant at Miami Dade College

If you plan to study physical therapy assistant, take a look at what Miami Dade College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MDC is located in Miami, Florida and approximately 46,523 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 50 students received their associate's degree in physical therapy assistant.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Physical Therapy Assistant section at the bottom of this page.

MDC Physical Therapy Assistant Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Physical Therapy Assistant

MDC Physical Therapy Assistant Rankings

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Physical Therapy Assistant Student Demographics at MDC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical therapy assistant majors at Miami Dade College.

MDC Physical Therapy Assistant Associate’s Program

56% Women

76% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of physical therapy assistant associate's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in physical therapy assistant only graduates about 34% men each year. The program at MDC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 10% more women than average.

MDC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in physical therapy assistant graduates 45% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Miami Dade College with a associate's in physical therapy assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	4
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That Physical Therapy Assistant Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical therapy assistant can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for Miami Dade College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Physical Therapist Assistants	6,330	$61,650

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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